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Law of Evidence under International Criminal Law with Respect to International Atrocities

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Image Source: Diane Marie Aman, ‘ICC Prosecutor Symposium: Placing the Prosecutor within the International Criminal Justice Project’ ( OpnioJuris.com, 17 April 2020), https://opiniojuris.org/2020/04/17/icc-prosecutor-symposium-placing-the-prosecutor-within-the-international-criminal-justice-project/accessed 12.02.2024. Overview The international legal framework for collecting and presenting evidence related to international atrocities, such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, is primarily governed by the statutes, rules, and […]

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The Challenging Case of Afghanistan at the International Criminal Court

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Image Source: OnuItalia ‘Italy and other 70 states reaffirm support for ICC, a Court of last resort’ (2 November 2020) <https://www.onuitalia.com/2020/11/02/italy-and-other-70-states-reaffirm-support-for-icc-a-court-of-last-resort/> The Prosecutor’s decision to focus on Taliban and IS-K alleged crimes did not come solely because of limited resources. Rather, by everlasting pressure exerted by the US to get a jail-free ticket out of

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Holding Non-state Actors Accountable for Crimes Committed in Afghanistan: The Case of Taliban

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The Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court found that the Taliban and  other armed groups have committed international crimes, more specifically crimes against humanity and war crimes. The Taliban initially emerged in Pakistan in the early 1990s. Their influence in Afghanistan, at first, was limited to the south-western of this country. In 1996,

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Are the US Armed Forces Responsible for War Crimes in Afghanistan?

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In 2014, the US Senate Intelligence Committee reported that the CIA had covered up its crimes by making false claims to the US department of justice. To this day, the US government has held no one accountable for the war crimes and serious abuses committed in Afghanistan. The year 2001 marks the launch of the

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